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MARINE SIGNALING APPARATUS.

Patented Aug. 13

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' (No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet A. TAYLOR. MARINE SIGNALING APPARATUS.

No. 409,074. Patented Ailg. 13, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

ANDREW TAYLOR, OF BOOTIJE, COUNTY OF LANCASTER, ASSIGN OR 'OF ONE- HALF TO GEORGE BEYNON, OF KIRKDALE, ENGLAND.

MARINE SIGNALING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,074, dated August 13, 1889.

Application filed April 2, 1889. Serial No. 305,701. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW TAYLOR, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Bootle, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Marine Night Signaling Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the annexed sheets of drawings, making a part to of this specification, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to apparatus for exhibitin g an arrangement of colored and white lights, by means of which signals can be read ily and easily made, using the international code signal-book; and the invention consists inthe general construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, all as will be hereinafter fully described,-and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the apparatus according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional end view of the apparatus, taken at the line 00 at, Fig. 1. Fig. 3

is a sectional side view of the apparatus, taken at the line .2 2, Fig. 2, and showing the back interior side of the apparatus. Fig. at is a front view, on a larger scale, of the front glazed frame for changing the color of the 0 lights and shielding them. Fig. 5 is ,an end section of the screen, taken at the line y 3 Fig. 4.

The drawings show the apparatus according to my invention in a' form for use on a 5 ships' deck, house, bridge, or other place for signaling at night.

The apparatus consists of a case A, illuminated by lamps B. The front of the apparatus is provided with windows, preferably with sixteen windows, covered by glass 1ensesnamely, ad a a b b b b c c c e (Z d d 61 Below each of these lenses, and passing through a case A, there is a horizontal shaft e, free to turn in the front and back 5 walls of the case, and each end of each shaft is provided with a milled head c at the front and e at the back, by which the shaft may be turned. On each shaft 6 (and so arranged that its then upper portion will cover the lens) there is a glazed frame f. These frames are shown in detail in Figs. 4 and 5, and consist of a metal frame f, having a shield f, a red-glazed pane f a green-glazed pane f and a white-glazed pane f By turning the shaft c any required pane of the frame f or the shield f can be set to cover the lens, and

as each of the lenses a a a a Z) Z) I) b c c c 0 cl (1 d d is provided with like frames f they can, by turning the shafts e and setting the glazed panes f f f on the shield f, be caused to exhibit red, green, or white lights,

or be shut off, as required. If worked from the front of the apparatus, the shafts e, and thereby the frames f, can be worked and the lights changed or shielded by turning the milled heads 6.

To enable the apparatus to be worked from the back, the shafts e, as before stated, are carried through the case A, and are provided with milled headsc and a set of windows t are provided in line with the lenses (1 a a a b b b b c o c 0 cl (1 d (1 and the shafts c are provided with frames 70, which are glazed and set on the shaft e, to correspond with the frames fthat is to say, the frames 75 are provided with a shield 70, a redglazed pane 70 a green-glazed pane k and a white-glazed pane 70 By means of the Windows t and the glazed frame 70 the apparatus can be set or worked from the back by the milled heads 6 on the shafts e. The frames is are made of circular form and are provided with four teeth m, against which the pawls a come and act as stops when the frames f and 7.0 are in the required positions. The pawls n'work on pins n, fixed to the side of the case.

To enable the lenses to be darkened or obscured without moving the frames f and is or while moving them, there are provided two sliding shutters s, set against the wall of the case A and between the said wall and the frames f. These shutters s have openings to correspond with the lenses a a a a" b b b b c c c e (Z d d (Z and they are worked by. rods )5, moved by means of the heads t, so as either to cover or open all the lenses when setting the frames f, so as to exhaust the required lights.

In one end of the case A there is a door or window a, on which the colored-light code is illustrated. This window n, on which is the colored-light code, is shown open in the draw ings. The horizontal lines on the code correspond with the horizontal rows of the lenses. For example, the top left-hand line represents four red circles, which mean the letter B, and to indicate this letter by the apparatus the lenses (1 a a a are all set to show red lights by moving the frame f so that the red-glazed panes f thereof come directly behind each lens. In like manner each horizontal line of lenses can by changing the order of the lights be made to represent different letters, such as shown on the Window a. The vertical order of lights represents the vertical order of the flags in the international code signal-book. The other end of the case A is provided with a door 1* for trimming the lamps.

Having now fully described a marine night signaling apparatus according to my invention,whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a marine night signaling apparatus, the combination of a case adapted to be illuminated, having a series of lenses, a series of frames f, adapted to be rotated and having a shield, a red-glazed pane, a green-glazed pane, and a white-glazed pane, said shield and glazed panes being arranged to shield the light or change the color of the light transmitted through the lenses, and said frames bcin carried on shafts c, the frames k on the shafts,

the windows 'i in the rear of the case, and the shutters s in front of the said frames f, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a marine night signaling apparatus, the combination of a case adapted to be illuminated, having a series of lenses, a series of frames f, adapted to be rotated with relation to said lenses and havinga shield, a red-glazed pane, a green-glazed pane, and a white-glazed pane, said shield and glazed panes being arranged to shield the light or change the color of the light transmitted through the lenses, and said frames being carried on shafts 0, windows 1?, and frames 70, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a marine night signaling apparatus, the combination of a case adapted to be illnminated, having a series of lenses, a series of frames f, adapted to be rotated with relation to said lenses and having a shield, a red-glazed pane, a green-glazed pane, and a white-glazed pane, said shield and glazed panes being arranged to shield the light or change the color of the light transmitted through the lenses, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANUREVV TAYLOR.

\V itncsses:

FREDERICK JOHN CHEEsnRoUoH, JAMES ANDREW CONBROUGH,

Both of 15 l Vul'er Street, L'lllcrpool. 

